Obama to Dems: Get your own campaign cash

posted at 1:20 pm on March 5, 2012 by Ed Morrissey

If one reads the media reports on Barack Obama’s fundraising, every month is a feast for Obama’s re-election campaign and the DNC. Never mind that the totals for Obama’s campaign actually lags the pace set by George W. Bush in 2004 and is far off the pace of the supposedly billion-dollar campaign promised for 2012, or even the $600 million campaign from 2008. The media meme is that of a coolly confident incumbent President raking in the dough.

President Barack Obama has a bleak message for House and Senate Democrats this year when it comes to campaign cash: You’re on your own.

Democratic congressional leaders, including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, have privately sought as much as $30 million combined from Obama for America and the Democratic National Committee — a replay of the financial help they received from Obama in 2008 and 2010.

But that’s not going to happen, top Obama aides Jim Messina and David Plouffe told Reid and Pelosi in back-to-back meetings on Capitol Hill on Thursday, according to sources familiar with the high-level talks. It was a stark admission from a presidential campaign once expected to rake in as much as $1 billion of just how closely it is watching its own bottom line.

Messina and Plouffe told the two Hill leaders that there would be no cash transfers to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee from OFA or the DNC, at least not before Election Day, the sources said.

There are only two conclusions to reach if this report is true. Either Barack Obama is so self-absorbed that he can’t share the wealth himself, or his fundraising is going so poorly that his campaign has little wealth to share. Neither looks particularly impressive, but either way, this undermines the notion that Obama is a fundraising juggernaut that will overwhelm the eventual Republican nominee.

But speaking of sharing the wealth … isn’t it a little hypocritical for the man who once famously intoned that “I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money” to tell his fellow Democrats that they can’t ask him for a little income redistribution from his election effort?

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This is Opompous up to his usual hypocrisy: Do as I say, not as I do. The silver lining is that if he keeps up the false appearance that he’s getting plenty of campaign donations, perhaps many who might have donated will conclude he has enough and won’t donate, thus diminishing the fill in the already receding coffers.

Either Barack Obama is so self-absorbed that he can’t share the wealth himself, or his fundraising is going so poorly that his campaign has little wealth to share.

We know from the past 3 years or so just how self-absorbed Mr. President is. We can only hope that he’s not sharing because there isn’t much to spare. That would make sense, given his less than stellar performance, but give these liberals time…they’ll end up kicking in because he’s the only thing they’ve got. No one else has come forward to run against him so they’ll have to support him. They may not have to give money, but they’ll support him or their free condoms will fly out the window.

I have a friend on the Hill who works in a Democrat’s office. He has told me flatly that he’s worried about what Obama, Pelosi, and Reid have done to the Democrats. He said that Obama has no idea how to lead an organization, let alone a country and that he never calls congressmen, not even Democrats, to try and work on legislation.

Pelosi and Reid should pull out the tents and “occupy” the south lawn of the White House until Obama practices what he preaches when he channels his inner Jesus and makes the claim that Christ told him to increase taxes.

They mark down tickets (maybe downgrade is a better term) to see him at every event he attends and in some cases resort to trying to give tickets away for free or dragging people in off the nearby sidewalks.

Why would the entitlement mentality crowd >>>PAY for a ticket to see him?

I have a friend on the Hill who works in a Democrat’s office. He has told me flatly that he’s worried about what Obama, Pelosi, and Reid have done to the Democrats. He said that Obama has no idea how to lead an organization, let alone a country and that he never calls congressmen, not even Democrats, to try and work on legislation.

This is perfectly rational. Obama doesn’t need Congress anymore–he’s figured out how to do everything he wants through waivers and administrative mandates. There’s no chance the Republicans will reach 60 seats in the Senate (which would be enough to block Obama), and virtually no chance the Democrats will retake the House (which would be enough to pass legislation and provide him the fig-leaf of democratic consent), so the 2012 Congressional results are utterly irrelevant. Frankly, the Democrats should all be turning their campaign coffers over to him.

All he has left are the unions and blacks–and not all of the latter. He’s after the ladies but is forgetting that half of those are conservative and would vote anyone BUT him. Insulting to think gals can be bought by free contraceptives. He thinks they are pretty cheap dates.

I have a friend on the Hill who works in a Democrat’s office. He has told me flatly that he’s worried about what Obama, Pelosi, and Reid have done to the Democrats. He said that Obama has no idea how to lead an organization, let alone a country and that he never calls congressmen, not even Democrats, to try and work on legislation.

… isn’t it a little hypocritical for the man who once famously intoned that “I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money” to tell his fellow Democrats that they can’t ask him for a little income redistribution from his election effort?

What does it say about the character of a man if he ardently believes that everyone is for sale.

jeanie on March 5, 2012 at 1:40 PM

I’m not sure I’d make the claim that Obama has any character at all. He just isn’t that deep. Obama is an empty suit whose entire political career up to now has been of the same pattern. Get elected and then get elected to something else before you have to run on a record. Part of the difference between 2008 and 2012 is that the bastard will have to stand for office by defending his record.

That has never happened before and it might be interesting to see how the thin-skinned Obama reacts when the general campaign kicks into gear. He has a hissy fit if a reporter asks a less than adoring question.

isn’t it a little hypocritical for the man who once famously intoned that “I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money” to tell his fellow Democrats that they can’t ask him for a little income redistribution from his election effort?

It’s his method, over and over again. Senator Obama railing against increasing the debt limit as a failure of leadership. Candidate Obama exceeding federal spending limits he supports. Obama embracing super PACs he once derided. Keeping Guantanamo Bay open, which he opposed. Ignoring his statement his $700B stimulus, all borrowed money, would keep unemployment under 8%. He lies with impunity.

Why does Obama need so much campaign cash, when he can (and does) fire up the ol’ AF1 and AF2 anytime he or the mooch want to go somewhere on taxpayer money? He’s got plenty of taxpayer slush fund cash available to him just by writing Executive Orders for whatever he wants. Laws? What does he care for laws?

The GOP campaign commercials are writing themselves… take his 2008 campaign rhetoric and compare it to his rhetoric as President and even the idiots will have to see the Emporer has no clothes. I don’t think there is any amount of money he can raise to change that.

Two years of super-majorities and they have nothing to show for it. No budget, no tax relief, no jobs, and no prospects for a turnaround that will add jobs. Zilch. Deep down the Dems know they have no plan, and they have to spend the next 8 months convincing VOTING Americans that they really do have a plan without telling us what the plan is.

The independents know the score, and despite what they say in public so that they aren’t called racists, they will be pulling the GOP lever in Nov. You can’t piss on people and tell them it’s raining. The jig is up.

But speaking of sharing the wealth … isn’t it a little hypocritical for the man who once famously intoned that “I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money” to tell his fellow Democrats that they can’t ask him for a little income redistribution from his election effort?

That’s Obama sharing OUR money with his friends, it was never meant to be him sharing HIS money.

Kind of, but not in the same way. The Bushes were competent and actually passed legislation. W created or system of fighting against terrorism out of whole cloth, which he doesn’t get credit for because some of it didn’t work or went too far. He also got a second term and expanded GOP majorities. You can blame Hastert for having a balanced budget as much as you can blame Bush.

Obama is a completely different animal. While Bush wanted to push legislation though and work with Congress and help the GOP gain house seats, etc, Obama really doesn’t care. He couldn’t care less if the Democrats lose or there’s no budget. He’s not competent enough to lead and is moving the Democrats outside of the mainstream (something Bush never did to the GOP). Obama’s taken the Democrats to a place where moderately liberal people don’t recognize where they are and no one in their party will stand up to him (Shuler tried and now he’s gone). Bush’s mess-ups hurt the GOP for 2 elections,

Obama’s looking at literally destroying the Democratic Party. None of their leadership represents a mainstream view of America according to my buddy. The best way to look at it is this: Bill Clinton we disagreed with, but he still worked with Newt and accomplished some good things because he wanted to be president of the entire country. His views remained in the mainstream for the most part. BUt, today, there’s no one in a leadership position in the Democratic Party that represents ordinary, mainstream liberal-leaning people. People like my buddy say they want Obama to win, but in reality, what they want is for them to get smoked so that Cuomo can pick up the pieces in 2016. If Obama’s re-elected, someone like Cuomo, who’s been fairly fiscally conservative, could very well lose a primary to someone like Elizabeth Warren, who would have no chance at winning a national election.

It has always been about ‘The One!’ He doesn’t care a fig if the rest of the Dems in the House and Senate go under – it’s all about him, him, him. Remember those Greek columns, Dems? It’s all about his Godhead. Just eat you peas, Dems, and STFU!

Good news, but I thought trillions in transfer, Soros, those super fund pacs, and unlimited untraceable open credit card/gift card/website donations were going to be enough to fund Obama. Not to mention free fawning media.

He’s after the ladies but is forgetting that half of those are conservative and would vote anyone BUT him. Insulting to think gals can be bought by free contraceptives. He thinks they are pretty cheap dates.

jeanie on March 5, 2012 at 1:39 PM

I severly doubt that half the ladies are socialy conservative enough to vote on those convictions. Millions have already been bought on the issue of abortion, and millions more think it is a good idea, without thinking too deeply that is. Millions look to government instead of a husband, etc. If what you said were true, he’d not have won as many women as he did the first time around.

Good news, but I thought trillions in transfer, Soros, those super fund pacs, and unlimited untraceable open credit card/gift card/website donations were going to be enough to fund Obama. Not to mention free fawning media.

AnotherOpinion on March 5, 2012 at 3:37 PM

Do you really believe that the $1.2B that John Corzine ‘lost’ at MF Global just went ‘poof’?

No – Corzine did lose that money because he believed Europe was too big to fail and while Europe hopes that as well they are struggling to stay above water. Corzine’s money is gone.

This all comes down to how much George Soros wants to spend. I would say Wisconsin has not worked well – Ohio did better but Obama will still be lucky to take it after his catholic church attack.

Making the unions fight a retreating action took lots of money – rent o mobs don’t come cheap. And OWS has been a complete disaster. And assuming Obama’s latest actions have finally convinced Kennedy that the SC needs to stop this guy, even if he wins election Obamacare is done. The only question will be whether they kill the mandate or all of it. Even democratic reps are co-sponsoring legislation eliminating pieces of it.

So watch Soros. If he decides to quit spending, Obama is toast. and strangely, one advantage Romney does have is that I think he will really cut into what is left of the Wall Streeters who will give Obama the time of day.

Then we need to work the hastening of the bankruptcy of the big networks and the NYT before 2016 so as to kill the MSM’s built in 7 to 10 points of advantage for every Dem candidate. Killing the teacher’s unions and taking our schools back from the union thugs would also help us start teaching kids instead of allowing the libs to indoctrinate them.